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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 7:28 am
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Originally Posted by Kael O
I've been having a problem getting a list of fares using Sabre: Fares/DotRes for some time.

Some destinatios work, but many don't, parciularly those from Australia to Europe. When I run MEL-LON or MEL-CPH or SYD-LON/CPH I get a message

Datasource error:
No flights available, please change your preferences and try again

There are countless fares MEL/SYD to LON so I can't see who the tool is unable to locate any fares for this route. Any ideas?
In such cases, you need to specify an airline preference in your fare query, e.g. "QF" or "QF; SQ; NZ":

[KVS Availability Tool 2.7.3/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/US/AUD]
Code:
SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]
LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY
THU  01 Feb 2007 / THU  15 Feb 2007 / RT

Carrier   From   To   Fare      Cur                      Fare Basis
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ---------- 
QF        SYD    LON     1598   AUD                      QLPX1Y2
NZ        SYD    LON     1666   AUD                      GGB1Y
QF        SYD    LON     1692   AUD                      SLBB1Y
QF        SYD    LON     1802   AUD                      LLBB1Y
NZ        SYD    LON     1886   AUD                      SGB1Y
QF        SYD    LON     1912   AUD                      MLBB1Y
NZ        SYD    LON     1996   AUD                      LGB1Y
QF        SYD    LON     2122   AUD                      KLSS1Y
QF        SYD    LON     2200   AUD                      SLBBOW
SQ        SYD    LON     2319   AUD                      YLEZ1Y
[..]
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